Quagnoth
Creature — Beast
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, return it to your hand.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Future Sight
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #29498
Quagnoth is a 5/4 split second creature for five mana that bounces itself back to your hand from the graveyard whenever an opponent targets it with a spell — a genuinely annoying combination of evasion and resilience. The payoff is real but niche: you need a deck that actively wants a recursive, untargetable-in-response threat, and most green decks have better five-drops.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Quagnoth finds its best home in decks that want to exploit hand-size synergies or recursive threats — its split second body makes it a reliable blocker that dodges spot removal cleanly, which matters more in multiplayer where you face three removal suites. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a five-mana 5/4 with no immediate board impact, and Quagnoth never shows up in those formats competitively. Modern is similarly unkind — the competition at five mana is brutal and Quagnoth offers no enters-the-battlefield effect. It's a Commander card through and through, and even there it's a role-player rather than a staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Quagnoth is pure bulk — grab a copy without thinking twice if the effect fits your deck. It's unlikely to move meaningfully in either direction; the card is too narrow for a sudden spike and already too cheap to fall further.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.